Milton Dube is a Nauruan politician. He took part in the June 2010 parliamentary election, and came first in the

Aiwo Constituency Aiwo Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Aiwo to the Parliament of Nauru The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru ...

, unseating Opposition MP

Dantes Tsitsi Dantes Ingin Tsitsi (b. September 28, 1959) is a Nauruan politician. Political role Tsitsi was elected to Parliament in the 2007 general elections, gaining the seat of Godfrey Thoma and representing the constituency of Aiwo. He was re-elected ...

. It was Dube's first term in Parliament,Nauru: élections du 19 juin 2010

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and he was the sole new MP elected to Parliament, his 17 fellow MPs all being re-elected incumbents. There are no political parties in Nauru, but nine MPs were aligned with president

Marcus Stephen Marcus Ajemada Stephen (born 1 October 1969) is a Nauruan politician and former sportsperson who previously was a member of the Cabinet of Nauru, and who served as President of Nauru from December 2007 to November 2011. The son of Nauruan parli ...

's incumbent government, while eight were members of the Opposition. Dube had stood as an

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, campaigning on issues of interest to the citizens of his constituency. In particular, he drew attention to the phosphate dust and other environmental issues resulting from the phosphate drying industry in Aiwo. Needing Dube's support to obtain an absolute majority in Parliament, the Stephen government promised to relocate the industry, and to examine the possibility of using new technologies to minimise the emission of phosphate dust during the drying process. Dube, however, remained an independent, remaining unaligned and stating that he would offer his support to either side whenever they put forward policies benefiting his constituents."No end in sight for Nauru deadlock"
, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 22 June 2010 Eventually, Dube stood for the presidency in a parliamentary secret ballot in November. He was defeated by the incumbent, Marcus Stephen, who was elected with eleven votes to Dube's six. Dube was re-elected in the 2013 elections, and lost re-election in the 2022 elections.

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Living people Members of the Parliament of Nauru People from Aiwo District Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Nauruan politicians {{Nauru-bio-stub